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Comfortable
preferuatiuet
aping
de
jJeration:
thinketh
moll
fit
;
NNhy
then fhould
wee:
not-commit
the
difcerning
of
our eflate to the
Phyfition
ofthe
foule
no
1efí
carefull,and
in
this
refpe
&-muchmore fkilful
?For
the.others,
rules
in
fame
patients
may falle
him, but
the grounds
where..
upon the fpirituall
Phyfition
buildeth,are
mof_.infallible,
be-
ing
the
vndoubted truth
ofGod..Why
fhould we not
rather
beleeue
their often
approoued iudgernent
then
our owne
ti-
morous
phantafies, or Satans
teflimonie,who
is
our
!naliti-
ous
manic
?
4
Stc`1:3.
Thirdly,
the
affliaed
foule
may-
gather
affurance
of
the
re-
The;.7teafbn
mi(íron
offinnes fromxhe contrary
te.fl<imonie
of
the diuell.
drawnefrom
For
7Arhenthere.isany
ftrggeflion
calf
into
our mindes which
the
contrarie
is
repugnant
to:
the word
of
Gad
and
the
teftirnonie
ofGods
tegi
onic
of
fpirit in
the
hearts
of
the faithfull, wee
may
aifure
our
felues
that
it
is
the
fpeeech
of-Satan,
or-nf
our corrupt
flefh
the
meflengerofSatan ,b.othwhich
.come
to
one
end;
butthofe
motiues and fuggeflions,
that
God
-will
not
receiue
,vs
to
mercy,
that our
.Gnnes
are
vnpardonable, that
iwee
are
re-
probates
and caflawayes,
that
now
it
is
too
late to
turne
vn
to God,
proceed
not front.
Gods
fpirit, for they
arc
quite
contrary to
that which
the
fcriptures teach vs, namely,
that
the mercies
of
God
are
infinite,
and-hce
alwaies
ready
to re-
ceiue
vs
to
grace
when we turne vnto
him;
that
if
we
ail
ear-
neflly
repent,
and
in
the mediation
ofChrift
fue
for
merde,
hee
will- trrake our:
fcarlet
finnes
as
white
as
fnow,
that it
is
neuer too
late to turne
vuto.God
;
for
if
wee
repent,
bee
hath
prornifed
to
remit our
fins,
and to
receiue
vs
into
his
fauour.
Neither
are
wee to
imagine
that
the-teflimonie
ofGods
fpi-
rit
in
our
confciences
is
contrari.e
to
the
teflirrronie,
of
the
fame
fpirit
in
the holy
fcr"iptures
:and _therefore feeing
thefe
fug
geflions are flatly
repugnant
to
the word
of
God
and
tellimonie
of
the
fpirit,
wee are to.affitre
our
felties
that
they
are
the
temp.tatìons.of
Satan,
either immediatly
fuggefled
,by
himfelfe, or
niedìatly.b.y
his -meffenger,
our corrupt
-
a<,iA:s.s.
flfl
saran either
Seeing then
thefe
fug
eflions come from
Satan
who
is
tietbor
elf
our
nìalitious enernic,and
a
liar from
the beginning,yea
the
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faller of
Iies,we
are
not
to be.,eere.thein,.nay
rather
we
may
gate